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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

,HENRY Il. HAIGH, VOF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lwil-:TAL BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming pare o'f Letters Patent No.. 665,003, dated January 1, 1901.

` 'Application filed April 18.1898.

To (tu whom t may concern: v

.lie it known that I, HENRY 13. IIAIGH, a citizen of' the United States of America, and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,) countyT of Kings,State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin Metal Barrels, of which the following is a specification.v

My invention relates to barrels of that class or typ'e designed to carry iiuids or other substances which necessitate a iuid or liquid tight receptacle; and to this end my inven tion consists of a barrel formed of two or more metallic sections united circumferentially by a -ring or coupling-piece of suitable lform, the whole being sonnited and constructed in such a manner that it shall be light in weight, easy and simple of manufacture, yet strong andfdurable.

.The object of my invention is to simplify and reduce the cost of construction of barrels and at the same time to increase their strength, durability, and imperviousness.

My invention further consists of certain novel details of construction,I as will hereinafter`be more fully setforth.. Y l

I will now proceed to describe a barrel embod ying my invention, with reference to the'A accompanying drawings, and will then point the novel features inclaims.

With reference to the drawings, Figure l represents an exterior side elevation of a barrel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a central longitudinal section of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 represent eniarged sectionsof a portion ofthe same representing certain steps in the manufacture of the same. Figs. 6 and 7 represent similar sections, but illustrating a slight modification thereof.

Similar reference characters designate cor-l responding parts throughout the several views. l

` 1 and 2 represent the upper and lower portions oi a barrel made in two sections and represented as a whole in said Iigu res. These portionsmayconveniently bc made bya process of'cnpping disks of metal to the required shape and size in 1a manner well known and will hence each consist of a single piece of metal without seams.

3 desigl'lates an annular ring of ductile metal, such as Wrought-iron or steel', forming Serial No. 677,908. lNo model..

a union for the two sheet-metal portions l and 2. The said ring has two circumferentialgrooves 4 around the same and two fianges 6 7 adjacent to said grooves. Said ring is formed with greater thickness through its central portion 8 between the flanges than at any other portion.

The shape of the annular ring is clearly shown in Fig. 3-that is to say, the shape of the same during themanufacture of the barrel and at the time of the assemblage and prior Ato the connection or union of the parts.

During the said manufacture, the parts being 4. This maybe done in any desired manner,

as by causing rollers to rotate around the outside of the parts. ifi finishing-roller of the correct shape adjusted with considerable pressure will bring the parts to the condition shown in enlarged detail' in Fig. 5 or o n a smaller scale, but showing the entire barrel -in Figs. l and 2.

y In Figs. 6 and '7i-the ring is shown as having the grooves 4 and 5L stepped. The sheetmetal portion will be correspondingly shaped,

l as theedges are to be forced down into the grooves, and the lianges will also assume the same form, a section through the same when completed appearing as in Fig. 7.

Abarrel constructed according to my involition will be light in weight, inexpensive in manufacture, and exceedingly strong and durable. It will also be perfectly fluid or liquid tight. The barrel will of cou rse be provided with .the usual bung and vent for purposes of filling and emptying the same. It is obvious that thc barrel may by thus uniting the sections be made in several sections-as, for instance, by inserting annular sections with open ends between the cup-shaped portions.

l. A barrel orsimilar vessel formed of sheetmetal sections divided on transverse planes, a hoop adapted to connect said sections having a plurality of external grooves and a flange between ,said grooves, said flange and the edges of the sheet-metal sections being forced into said grooves forming shoulders u pon the sheet metal which engage with sho ulders upon the body portion of the hoop Whereby the strain is taken by the body portion of said hoop; substantially as described.

2. A barrel or similar Vessel having sheetlnetal sides and divided into two parts on a transverse plane, a hoop adapted to fit within said parts having two external grooves and two flanges between. said grooves, said flanges and the edges of the sheets forming the side walls of the parts of the vessel being flanged` over each into its respective groove with the flange outermost to secure the parts together. 3. A hollow cylindrical vessel composed of sheet metal and divided into two parts on a transverseplane, and a connecting ring or hoop adapted to t within said parts and having two grooves in its outer periphery adapted to receive the edges of the sheets forming the vvessel ends, the outer edges of said grooves or the edges nent the adjacentedges of the hoop being substantially vertical to its periph;V

ery, the hoop also having two flanges adjacent the inner or central edges of the grooves and adapted to be forced each into its respective groove to hold the edges of the sheets in place therein.

4. A connecting-hoop for transversely-separated sections of metal barrels and similar Vessels adapted'to fit within the ends of adjacent sections and having two peripheral grooves adapted to receive the flanged edges of said sections, and also having two anges between said grooves adapted to be bent'oppositely into said grooves to bind the edges of the sections in place therein.

Sgnedby meat the city of New York, N.Y., this 2d day of March, 1898.

HENRYB. HAIGH.

Witnesses:

JAMES C. CHAPIN, EDW. B. HAWKINs. 

